Lupe Fiasco Quotes

I was born Muslim, but for a large part of my life, I wasn't necessarily raised Muslim. My father always kept everything around us, from Western philosophy to Eastern philosophy.

Lupe Fiasco

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You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises? I want one that's just David Gergen gently muttering about the economy.

Jessi Klein

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The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked but for one reason or another haven't.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

TheatreYouKnowReasonAlwaysBeen

I don't control the political world.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

ControlWorldPolitical

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.

Tom Glazer

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Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Ron Silver

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I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans.

Missy Elliott

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I write because I'm in love with language; because I like working for myself, inside my head; and because it's the only way I know to make a stab at answering the never-ending questions of the heart that arise simply from the everyday living of our lives.

Julia Glass

LoveHeartMyselfLanguageQuestions

With 'Haters Back Off,' I'm creating something that I want to make, and I'm not focused on, 'Is this gonna trend, is this gonna be popular?' I'm just focused on telling the story.

Colleen Ballinger

StoryHatersBackCreatingWantOff

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

Brad Paisley

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Let me say right off the bat that I'm not what you would call a 'tree hugger' or a 'bushes and bunnies' environmentalist out to save the planet or the whales - although I do not denigrate that perspective either, and I really like whales.

Peter Navarro

TreePerspectiveMeYouSayRight

My wife handles all of our technology. So if something goes wrong with the computer, I throw up my arms and step aside while the IT gal figures it out.

Ty Burrell

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I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

Todd Gitlin

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